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📋 Maple Cider Grilled Chicken Kabobs Recipe

These healthy Grilled Chicken Kabobs, with zucchini, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms and apples are marinated in a zingy maple cider marinade for a unique flavor! They are low carb, gluten-free, dairy-free and Weight Watchers friendly at only 3 WW points on the blue plan!
Course dinner
Cuisine American, Canadian, North American
Keyword chicken, grilled, healthy, kabobs
Special Diet Dairy-free, Gluten-free
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
marinating time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 40 minutes
Servings 5 kabobs
Calories 139kcal
Author Terri Gilson

Ingredients

Kabobs:

  • 4 fresh boneless and skinless chicken breasts cut into 1 ½ -2 inch cubes
  • 1 small fresh zucchini sliced I half, then into ½ inch half circles
  • ¾ cup fresh cherry tomatoes
  • 1 cup whole fresh button mushrooms
  • 1 whole fresh Granny smith apple peeled, quartered and sliced ½ inch thick lengthwise

Marinade:

  • ½ cup Maple syrup
  • 3 cloves fresh garlic minced
  • 2 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 2 teaspoon fresh lime juice
  • zest from 1 fresh lime
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Instructions

Marinade *heads up - there is a 6- 8 hour marinating time in this recipe!

  • In a small bowl, combine all marinade ingredients, stir well and set aside.
  • *** Important: before putting your meat and veggies on the skewer, make sure to soak your skewers in cold water for several minutes, while you're chopping your ingredients. This will prevent the skewers from catching on fire.

Kabobs

  • Cut chicken into about 1 ½ -2 inch cubes (see VIDEO) in notes on how to cut chicken. 
  • Cut zucchini into manageable pieces for skewer
    Zucchini being cut into pieces for skewer
  • Cut apples into pieces. Make sure not to cut them too small, as they won't go through the skewer OR stay on the skewer during cooking.
    apple being cut into pieces to be skewered
  • Add chicken and veggies onto skewer as follows: (though it doesn’t have to be in this exact order): zucchini, mushroom,1- 2 pieces of chicken, tomato, apple, 1-2 pieces of chicken.
    chicken and vegetables being added to skewer
  • Then repeat until skewer is full leaving about a ½ inch on each end. Do this for all 4 skewers.
    Meat and vegetables on kabobs with room left on end

Refrigerate

  • Put kabobs into extra-large zip lock bag and pour marinade over meat. Lay flat in fridge. Marinate in the fridge for 6-8 hours (ideally overnight) in fridge, turning periodically, if possible.

Grill

Notes

💭The danger of  Wire Grill Brushes
Just a side note: Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard about the risk of using wire grill brushes! 2-3 years ago new stories started to surface where people were experiencing adverse affects from ingesting sharp bristles that broke off during the cleaning of the grill and and got stuck to the grill’s cooking surface, then adhered to their food. They were getting them stuck in their throats and even their intestines and stomachs, requiring surgery in some cases. You can read more about the danger of wire grill brushes HERE.
When I heard about this 2 years ago, I got scared and went looking for a bristle free brush. Shockingly, nowhere to be found in Calgary! I ordered mine online because although this wasn't really common, I wasn't willing to take any risks. I've provided my Amazon recommendations below (affiliate links) in case you can't find a non-wire brush in your local stores. This type of brush works as well, if not better, than the wire brushes. And most important,  I'm confident that my family is safe. 

 
🎥 VIDEO: How to cut chicken for kabobs
 
Nutrition Facts
📋 Maple Cider Grilled Chicken Kabobs Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 139 Calories from Fat 18
% Daily Value*
Fat 2g3%
Cholesterol 57mg19%
Sodium 112mg5%
Potassium 592mg17%
Carbohydrates 8g3%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 5g6%
Protein 20g40%
Vitamin A 235IU5%
Vitamin C 15.8mg19%
Calcium 19mg2%
Iron 0.8mg4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition

Calories: 139kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 57mg | Sodium: 112mg | Potassium: 592mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 235IU | Vitamin C: 15.8mg | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 0.8mg